Fancy getting your hands on a piece of fashion history?
Roman Originals, the Birmingham-based clothing company whose black and blue dress sparked a social media meltdown last week, have created a special edition gold and white version for Comic Relief.
‘The dress’ as it will forever be known, sparked global debate when no-one could agree on its colour.
Black and blue or white and gold was the only talking point last week when an image of the dress went viral.
Now the brand behind the dress Roman Originals, has responded to consumer demand and created the design in white and gold.
A limited run of the dresses will be available with one of the designs up for auction on eBay to raise money for Comic Relief.
This one-off frock is being made for the charity only and will not be sold to the public.
The dress, which was put up for sale on eBay, has already attracted 40 bids totalling £540.
A spokesperson from the brand told the Source: “#TheDress that broke the internet could become one the world’s most wanted dresses as an exclusive white and gold version goes on auction on ebay today.
“The winning bidder can grab a piece of internet history as only one exclusive dress in white and gold has been made and will go up for auction until Sunday.”
The knee-length bodycon has pretty gold lace detailing and a sheer neckline.
An image of the dress was originally posted on Tumblr by Caitlin McNeill when it became apparent that no-one could agree on its colour.
Celia Bleasdale who took the photo of the dress has since broken her silence with an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show.
Bleasdale took the image to send to her daughter Grace Johnston, as a prospective mother of the bride outfit – what ensued was the start of a global debate:
“I said, so which one is it?’ And she said,’the third one.’ I said, ‘oh the white and gold one?’ and she said, ‘no the blue and black one’.
It is modelled on the auction website by former Miss England Laura Coleman.
You were either on ‘team blue and black’ or ‘team white and gold’ last week a two-toned dress sparked fierce online debate.
The picture of #TheDress – as it became known – was first posted on Tumblr by Caitlin McNeill, a 21-year-old aspiring singer from Scotland, after noticing her friends saw different colours in the photograph.
Even Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift and Julianne Moore waded in on the debate arguing over what colours they saw.
The hashtag #TheDress started trending worldwide on Twitter as the debate when global.
There have been more than 1 million tweets mentioning the hashtag.
Despite the debate, the body-con dress is in fact royal blue with black lace detailing.
“I said ‘no, that’s white and gold. If you think it’s blue and black you need to go to the doctors.’ “So we had a bit of a row.” Johnston explained.
It is made by British clothing company Roman Originals, which offers ‘affordable women’s clothing and designer ladies fashion.’
